Michael Mewshaw is the author of nine novels and six books of
non-fiction. His fiction includes the recently published Shelter from
the Storm and Year of the Gun, which was set entirely in Rome and
later made into a movie directed by John Frankenheimer and starring
Sharon Stone. His memoir, Do I Owe You Something?, published to
coincide with Shelter from the Storm, deals with, among other
subjects, the years he spent in Rome. Michael Mewshaw lives in Key West.